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World News Quiz: September 2024

By TechnoServe

Tags: Environmental Sustainability Youth Economic Opportunity

In the Amazon rainforest, fires are causing trees to release carbon instead of absorbing it as they naturally do. What is this practice of capturing and storing carbon called? Find out in our latest world news quiz.

Are you an informed global citizen? This week, test your knowledge of current events with TechnoServe’s September 2024 world news quiz.

September 2024 World News Quiz

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1) In a speech during a recent visit to the U.S., this leader declared that his nation was "the first G20 country to achieve its Paris climate goals." Who was it?*
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2) Roughly 300,000 people have recently been displaced in northern Nigeria as a result of what?*
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3) A major group recently called for the European Union to postpone deforestation regulations, currently due to take effect on December 30, 2024. The group represents 98% of all nations that produce which agricultural product?*
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4) Dozens of people were killed in an attack in Mali by a group linked to al Qaeda. Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for what proportion of all global deaths from terrorism?*
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5) Latin America is experiencing a record year for forest fires. In the Amazon rainforest, fires are causing trees to release carbon instead of absorb it as they naturally do. This practice of capturing and storing carbon is called what?*
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